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The glass bubble of the Dalí Museum above its garden, St. Petersburg, Florida
St. Petersburg, FloridaThe glass bubble of the Dalí Museum above its garden
The harbour front with the church tower above the houses, Saint-Tropez
Saint-TropezThe harbour front with the church tower above the houses

Photos: St. Petersburg, Florida by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Saint-Tropez by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

St. Petersburg, Florida or Saint-Tropez?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • families
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on St. Petersburg, Florida’s own page.

Choose Saint-Tropez for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Saint-Tropez’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. St. Petersburg, Florida 85, Saint-Tropez 82: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. St. Petersburg, Florida 52, Saint-Tropez 48: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. St. Petersburg, Florida 52, Saint-Tropez 35: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. St. Petersburg, Florida 44, Saint-Tropez 60: Saint-Tropez leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. St. Petersburg, Florida 58, Saint-Tropez 72: Saint-Tropez leads by 14 points.
Day trips. St. Petersburg, Florida 55, Saint-Tropez 57: Saint-Tropez leads by 2 points.
Good for families. St. Petersburg, Florida 70, Saint-Tropez 42: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 28 points.
Getting around. St. Petersburg, Florida 33, Saint-Tropez 32: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. St. Petersburg, Florida 38, Saint-Tropez 64: Saint-Tropez leads by 26 points.
Affordability. St. Petersburg, Florida 35, Saint-Tropez 8: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. St. Petersburg, Florida 42, Saint-Tropez 18: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. St. Petersburg, Florida 40, Saint-Tropez 35: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: St. Petersburg, Florida and Saint-Tropez.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

St. Petersburg, Florida
Best match
50match

Wins on families and prices with your weighting.

Saint-Tropez
46match

Wins on shopping and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

St. Petersburg, Florida in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Saint-Tropez in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
10 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Saint-Tropez has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Saint-Tropez's sunshine is measured 62 km from the centre, at Nice.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. St. Petersburg, Florida: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg (1.6 km from centre). Saint-Tropez: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Le Luc (24.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSt. Petersburg, FloridaSaint-Tropez
Official language-French
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation134 m0 m
Main airportSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)64 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSt. Petersburg, FloridaSaint-Tropez
City population258,3083,582
People per km²725320
Museums within 10 km134
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months3 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.